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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle

Georgia rates for HCPCS 27618

This procedure removes a growth or lump found in the soft tissue of the leg or ankle. The surgeon cuts out the growth along with a margin of surrounding tissue and typically sends it to a lab to find out what it is. This version applies to a smaller growth, as opposed to the version used for a larger one.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Leg or Ankle cost?

$3,580

Typical total for the visit. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,580 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$363 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,479 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $631 to $6,918Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $302 to $933
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $490

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$954.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$933.25
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in Indiana than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Georgia· 18th of 50

$3,580

$490 physician + $3,090 facility

IN $7,043DE $928

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.